Reviewing REAL Resumes of aspiring Product Managers - Most common mistakes and things to avoid
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we review real resumes from people who are applying to Product Management. The most common mistakes that I found are:
📝 Writing a job description instead of an accomplishment.
📈 Writing accomplishments without an impact.
✂️ Adding a long summary at the beginning.
🎨 Choosing a bad format for their resume
❌ Spelling and other mistakes
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Thanks for taking the time to break things down Diego! I was surprised to hear that you don't recommend a summary and how intentional you are about listing achievements over descriptions. Learned a lot and am editing my resume now!
Thank you! The thing with summaries is that most people add a summary for the sake of adding more stuff tot he resume.
It’s ok to add a summary IF, and it’s a big IF, you’ll use it to cover, for example, the requirements of a job description and summarize that you have what they ask for in the “required” section.
Otherwise a summary is simply not adding a lot of value
Really loved this video and how you took time to analyse these resumes. Resume writing is tedious and not as easy as just listing tips. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Awesome video !!. Take away for me: I have been using Summary which I will try to remove now and will try to put accomplishments instead of JD.
Thank you Pradeep! That’s a great takeaway!!
Thank you for this video. It helps a lot to see these comments on actual resumes. You made very good points about the two columns issues, and I appreciate the point that you made about the c-level positions.
Thank you for sharing these tips and also reviewing my resume. Will keep the feedback in mind and act on it! 💯
Ugghh... I'm so confused Diego! Lol Everything you said makes perfect sense. I had my resume professionally written, and a few items you mentioned to do have me thinking I may need to make changes. The summaries and adding dates. I will message you with my concern. Loving your videos, btw. So helpful!
I'm sorry it's confusing, Bobbie! And I completely understand what you are going through. Feel free to send me a message on LinkedIn and we can chat more about your resume 😊
This is great! I am a person who learns by seeing examples and in this video you pretty much show us real life resumes and how to implement changes to optimize them. I have learned a lot from this. Thank you Diego!
Hi Diego! Thanks for these videos, they're very useful in our breaking into PM journey!
Thanks Diego, your tips have really helped me update my resume for product management roles.
Thank you @Vinitha! I’m glad it helped you :)
Thank you Diego for sharing this resume critique video. This is probably the most helpful resume video I've watched! With real examples, it's easier to put things into perspective, and I was taking down notes along the video as you go through the examples. Thanks so much!
I used to write "activities" seperated from "achievements" but this video help me to understand how to much one to another! Thanks Diego :)
Seeing a breakdown of resumes and your tips in action has been so useful! I always tried to put concrete, quantitative skill in a separate question, but after watching your video, it makes a lot more sense that it's more useful to demonstrate ability through achievements rather than a separate list! One question I have is how do you know if your resume is too dense? I know you recommend a couple bullet points with max two lines, but I'm struggling with knowing when there is too much text.
Thank you for taking taking the time to go through everything in detail Diego! It has greatly helped me refine my own resume. I would also like to thank you for the free content you’ve made available for millions like me, it has greatly benefited me in my PM own journey.
This is Super helpful Diego, thanks for sharing these tips. I was unsure why my resume is not getting shortlisted all this while but this video made a lot more sense and i could identify the pitfalls in my resume. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks Diego for walking us through real-world examples! I've learned a lot, and also removed summary section of my resume :-)
This is super helpful. I like how you explain each and everything in detail with examples. Thank you so much, Diego!
Thank you so much for these videos, Diego! I am absolutely a visual person, so having these examples along with your explanations helped give me some clear ideas and areas of improvement for my resume. Thanks again!
It's helpful looking at the issue of resumes from the review POV. Thanks for taking out time to give so much insights.
Hello Diego, Thanks for all your PM videos. Looking to break into PM, your content really helps!! Personally, I want my resume to be reviewed by you!
Thanks Diego! Great video!
Hi Diego, really like your insightful video for PM resume. It gave me a lot great info regarding the right resume for transitioning to PM role. thank you!
Wow, thank you, Diego! These practical samples were really helpful.
Appreciate all the details and advice on the skills that should be amplified on a resume, Diego! After making a few tweaks to my resume I feel confident I can find roles that match my desire to go into a PM role.
This is super helpful. Thank you for creating such relevant content Diego!
This was really interesting to watch. It's hard to define a successful resume at times because each person has what they prefer, I think this helps to identify key things to take note of when creating a resume.
This video is super helpful. The feedbacks you are giving in this video definitely is telling me where to refine my resume. Thank you Diego!
Thank you Ken! I’m glad that you found it useful and thank you for leaving a comment!
Hi! This PM-specific review is really helpful, because sometimes when I read/listen to the generic resume tips, I don't quite understand how it would fit into a PM resume.
A quick question: If I write about a project which I led as an accomplishment, so how should I quantify the impact? Should I write about the impact that the product created on customers or on the company?
Looking forward to more such videos. :)
Thank, Vidhika! I have this other video on writing your resume and I touch on a few points on how to make it more specific to PM: th-cam.com/video/Qok3dYJjdWM/w-d-xo.html
As far as the impact on the project you led:
* Keep in mind that it's ok to have accomplishments without impact. If, for example, 80% of your accomplishments show impact, it's ok that 20% of don't... if it's the other way around, then definitely add impact to more accomplishments!
* The impact can be the about what you helped the customer (or user of this projec/product) accomplish... for example, reducing times, saving costs, etc.
* The impact can also be about your leadership - for example, with your leadership on the project you launched the project/product X time before planned.
* And it can also be about your company - for example, because of a succesful project, you brought more business to your company that was not expected. So increased the engagement time with customer,
Let me know if this answers your question and if you have any follow-up or different questions!
@@PMDiegoGranados This makes perfect sense! Thank you so much for the elaborated answer :) I have clarity now.
I’m glad it was useful! Reach out if you have any questions!
@@PMDiegoGranados thank you so much for offering help! Would it be possible for you to review my resume once?
Sure! Here’s a form for that docs.google.com/forms/d/1bjxsD6iB23XdTESZNI363oXqWD0R__ggTbjMRt6SXBQ/edit
Thanks for the great video Diego! Real-world resume samples are great!
Quick question on the "impact" part. What if the impact of what I did is not measurable? Maybe you left the company so you cannot access the data/numbers anymore, or you improved the product development process and everyone loved it but you just don't know how much improvement/impact it made?
Hi Joseph, that is a good question, not everything has to be measured... but try to measure as much as possible. If you are missing one or two points it's ok.
You could also try to measure part of the work you did, for example... delivered the project X months before planned, or increase the team about by Y... etc. Let me know if this makes sense
I appreciate you reviewing multiple examples and walking through your thought process on each one! I often struggle with quantifying and measuring the impact of my work, mainly because I'm not entirely sure of the specific measurement (or than saying I decreased/reduced or increased something). Is using generic measurements without a number acceptable?
Probably just lie to be honest. I think that's what guys like these looking at your resume basically want. Because the truth is, the majority of things you do at work won't be quantifiable (for many jobs).
Thanks Diego, excellent tips on how to tailor ones resume for PM roles.
Thank you @Aniket!
I have conflicting views on the user of summary. Some recruiters prefer reading it. Also, sometimes, it is not really possible to justify how you spent your time as a product manager as most of the time, you are also dealing with ambiguity or creating systems, processes and reports. For example, as a product manager, if you are coaching new recruits, how can that be translated into a statement that shows impact through numbers? (Even though it's an important part of your job)
Thanks Diego
Very helpful, great video
Glad you think so!
Thanks for this great content.
It's really helpful
Great video! Thanks for the resume advice :)
Thank you, Angelol! I’m glad you find it useful and reach out if you have any questions!
Hi Diego, Would a resume review session would ever happen again in the future? I would love to have a sanity check on mine
Not at the moment.. but you can always send me your resume after you check out this process: www.pmdiego.com/need-help
Valuable insights, PM Diego. I'm going to make use of some of these tips for polishing my resume. How do we present the current job details besides accomplishments ? not needed at all ?
Great question Vasu - well, if you are, for example, a project manager, or a marketing manager (or whichever your current role is), most likely the recruiters and hiring manager will already know what your role is about.
For example: if you were a project manager and you add in your resume that you delivered projects on time and budget... does that really add any value? People know that the job of a project manager is to deliver projects in time and budget. So it’s more valuable to add accomplishments and impact instead of describing your role. Does this make sense?
@@PMDiegoGranados Thanks much. It does makes prefect sense.
Hi Diego, the videos are very helpful. However, in this series, there seem to be 4 videos and one of them have been deleted. Not sure if it is intentional, just wanted to keep you informed.
Request - will you cover the impact of ATS and related optimization in your upcoming videos. Thanks in advance.
Hi Vrigu, thanks for letting me know about the 4th video! I think it should be fixed now, but please let me know if that’s not the case 😊
Thank you also for the suggestion! I’ll add it to my backlog!
Very Informing.
Thanks Diego!
Hi Diego, this is awesome! For professionals who have 10+ years of experience after graduation, how many past job experiences should we talk about? Also, for the same crowd, where should the education lay? On the bottom or on the top?
Hi there! great to see that you enjoyed it! If you have 10+ years:
1) You don't need all the jobs in your resume. Just enough that two things happen: a) you don't leave a big gap by removing a job from your resume and b) you show the skills needed for the job. b) is much more important. what you want to signal is that you have the transferrable skills to get the job!
2) I would put it at the bottom... but honestly, I don't think any recruiter will look at a resume a be like: "oh boy, their education section is at the top (or bottom)... they are out of the process!" 😂
@@PMDiegoGranados thank you! you are a total rockstar!
Hola Carnal, quiero ser PM, tengo MBA, inicio un posgrado en IEBS en digital product Management, pero mi experiencia ha sido como sales manager en empresas tradicionales y algo de tecnología... Hay chances para mi perfil en PM?
Hola Andrés! Por supuesto :) mándame un mensaje por LinkedIn
Your video is always helpful. I always feel rest assured once my concerns were answered in your video. One question, do I need to put education session after my working experience or keep it on the top? I will graduate next year and have previous 5+ years experience, thanks. Diego.
Thank you, Joey!
Adding education before or after your work experience won’t make a difference so big that will determine whether you get an interview or not. Part of the process is to get a good resume with well written accomplishments and a good format. Check the video on my channel on how to create your resume - that might help!
But overall, don’t worry about whether education should be out above or below, focus on the content
@@PMDiegoGranados Thank you! I checked it already once it published. Thank you again for always providing those great insights.
This is very cool - but some achievement are not really easy to be translated into numbers . any advise on that ?
Try to keep 80% of your accomplishments with some number or magnitude "reduced X (thing) by half)... 20% of your accomplishments don't need to have it. This is not a hard rule, so the distribution can be different. The more accomplishments you can have, the better!
Hey Diego , new bloke to your channel. Do you offer paid service(s) for resume reviews and other help?
Thanks.
HI @Manhar! I don't have any at the moment, but check my website pmdiego.com, where I have a link for resume reviews 😉
12:57 what are the fking odds? this guy has the same city, and same batch as me!